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About
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=====
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Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP[1].
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Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and
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VoIP[1].
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Matrix specifies a set of pragmatic RESTful HTTP JSON APIs as an open standard, providing:
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Matrix specifies a set of pragmatic RESTful HTTP JSON APIs as an open standard,
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providing:
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- Creating and managing fully distributed chat rooms with no
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single points of control or failure
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- Eventually-consistent cryptographically secure synchronisation of room
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- Eventually-consistent cryptographically secure[2] synchronisation of room
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state across a global open network of federated servers and services
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- Sending and receiving extensible messages in a room with (optional)
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end-to-end encryption[2]
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end-to-end encryption[3]
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- Inviting, joining, leaving, kicking, banning room members
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- Managing user accounts (registration, login, logout)
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- Using 3rd Party IDs (3PIDs) such as email addresses, phone numbers,
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- Placing 1:1 VoIP and Video calls (in development)
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These APIs are intended to be implemented on a wide range of servers, services
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and clients which then form the Matrix ecosystem, and allow developers to build
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messaging and VoIP functionality on top of the open Matrix community rather than
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using closed or proprietary solutions. The hope is for Matrix to act as the
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building blocks for a new generation of fully open and interoperable messaging
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and VoIP apps for the internet.
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and clients, letting developers build messaging and VoIP functionality on top of
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the entirely open Matrix ecosystem rather than using closed or proprietary
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solutions. The hope is for Matrix to act as the building blocks for a new
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generation of fully open and interoperable messaging and VoIP apps for the
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internet.
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Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core
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development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted for clarity and
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else (e.g. matrix.org) - there is no single point of control or mandatory
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service provider in Matrix, unlike WhatsApp, Facebook, Hangouts, etc.
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Synapse ships with two basic demo Matrix clients: webclient (a basic group chat web client demo implemented in AngularJS) and cmdclient (a basic Python commandline utility which lets you easily see what the JSON APIs are up to).
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Synapse ships with two basic demo Matrix clients: webclient (a basic group chat
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web client demo implemented in AngularJS) and cmdclient (a basic Python
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commandline utility which lets you easily see what the JSON APIs are up to).
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We'd like to invite you to take a look at the Matrix spec, try to run a homeserver, and join the existing Matrix chatrooms already out there, experiment with the APIs and the demo clients, and let us know your thoughts at https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues or at matrix@matrix.org.
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We'd like to invite you to take a look at the Matrix spec, try to run a
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homeserver, and join the existing Matrix chatrooms already out there, experiment
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with the APIs and the demo clients, and let us know your thoughts at
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https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues or at matrix@matrix.org.
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Thanks for trying Matrix!
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[1] VoIP currently in development
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.. [1] VoIP currently in development
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.. [2] Cryptographic signing of messages isn't turned on yet
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.. [3] End-to-end encryption is currently in development
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[2] End-to-end encryption is currently in development
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Quick Start
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===========
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The basics you need to know about Matrix are:
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- Chatrooms look like ``#matrix:matrix.org`` or ``#test:localhost:8080``
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- Matrix user IDs look like ``@matthew:matrix.org`` (although in the future
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you will normally refer to yourself and others using a 3PID: email
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address, phone number, etc rather than manipulating matrix user IDs)
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- To simply play with an **existing** homeserver (e.g. matrix.org), you can
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just go straight to http://matrix.org/alpha, specify a homeserver
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(defaults to matrix.org) and sign up and use it. (Sign-up security is
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currently work-in-progress)
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- To run your own **private** homeserver on localhost:8080, install synapse
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with ``python setup.py develop --user`` and then run one with
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``python synapse/app/homeserver.py``
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- To run your own webclient:
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``cd webclient; python -m SimpleHTTPServer`` and hit http://localhost:8000
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in your web browser (a recent Chrome, Safari or Firefox for now,
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please...)
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- For now, register some accounts like ``@testing:localhost:8080`` from
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different browsers, join a room like ``#test:localhost:8080`` and have a
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play.
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- To quickly run a **public** homeserver that can exchange messages with
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other homeservers and participate in the overall Matrix federation, open
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up port 8080 and run ``python synapse/app/homeserver.py --host
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machine.my.domain.name``. Then come join ``#matrix:matrix.org`` and
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say hi! :)
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Directory Structure
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└── webclient Basic AngularJS Matrix web client
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Installation
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============
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Homeserver Installation
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=======================
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First, the dependencies need to be installed. Start by installing
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'python2.7-dev' and the various tools of the compiler toolchain.
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N.B. that python 2.x where x >= 7 is required.
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N.B. synapse requires python 2.x where x >= 7
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Installing prerequisites on ubuntu::
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$ python setup.py develop --user
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You'll need a version of setuptools new enough to know about git, so you
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may need to also run:
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$ sudo apt-get install python-pip
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$ sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools
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This will run a process of downloading and installing into your
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user's .local/lib directory all of the required dependencies that are
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missing.
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either client-server or server-server traffic for ease of debugging. We have
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also not spent any time yet getting the homeserver to run behind loadbalancers.
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Running a Demo Federation of Homeservers
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----------------------------------------
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If you want to get up and running quickly with a trio of homeservers in a
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private federation (``localhost:8080``, ``localhost:8081`` and
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``localhost:8082``) which you can then point a demo webclient at, simply run::
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$ demo/start.sh
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Running The Demo Web Client
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===========================
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Logging In To An Existing Account
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---------------------------------
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[[TODO(paul): It seems the current web client still requests an access_token -
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I suspect this part will need updating before we can point people at how to
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perform e.g. user+password or 3PID authenticated login]]
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Just enter the ``@localpart:my.domain.here`` matrix user ID and password into the form and click the Login button.
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Building Documentation
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Identity Servers
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================
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The job of authenticating 3PIDs and tracking which 3PIDs are associated with a
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given matrix user is very security-sensitive, as there is obvious risk of spam
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if it is too easy to sign up for Matrix accounts or harvest 3PID data. Meanwhile
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the job of publishing the end-to-end encryption public keys for Matrix users is
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also very security-sensitive for similar reasons.
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Therefore the role of managing trusted identity in the Matrix ecosystem is
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farmed out to a cluster of known trusted ecosystem partners, who run 'Matrix
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Identity Servers' such as ``sydent``, whose role is purely to authenticate and
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track 3PID logins and publish end-user public keys.
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It's currently early days for identity servers as Matrix is not yet using 3PIDs
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as the primary means of identity and E2E encryption is not complete. As such,
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we're not yet running an identity server in public.
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How does it all work?!
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======================
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Before building documentation install spinx and sphinxcontrib-napoleon::
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For now, please go spelunking in the ``docs/`` directory to find out.
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Building Internal API Documentation
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===================================
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Before building internal API documentation install spinx and
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sphinxcontrib-napoleon::
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$ pip install sphinx
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$ pip install sphinxcontrib-napoleon
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Building documentation::
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Building internal API documentation::
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$ python setup.py build_sphinx
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